Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-05

But the Gill erence IN the Two cR6sS is
this;
Dakota has no such plague SPOT upon
her institutions, and the people will not
sustain Congress in her case, In their
deaial to her six hundred Thousand
people of their undeniable rights, espec-
tally when this denial is based u7on no
reason in the world, except o pnlilical
reason.
Il THREE GREAT CHARTERS.
Let us to the law and the Testimony.
Let us see what the Fathers said.
Let us take the three Great Charters.
lst: The Declaration of The Indepen-
dence
End: The Ordinance of 1877.
3fd: The Constitution.
Aud see what they say.
Lam willing to abide by them. Us
that sedition2 / am willing to be gov
erned by them.
Are Springer and Vest?
Take first the Declaration Of Inde-
%pendence.
1t says:
eve hold these truths to be self evil
fdent, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienable Rights, that
among these are Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these Rights, govern
.ments are instituted among men. de-
irving their just powers from the con.
sent Of the governed, that whenever n
form Of government becomes destructive
.of these ends, it is the Right of the
People to alter or abolish it, and to in
fstitute new Government laying it's foun-
fdation on such principles and organic
szing its powers in such form as to them
shall seem most likely to effect their
safety and happiness"
What is that? 1t sounds very much
like what some people call HSedition"
Bnt the Declaration Of Independence
eays this.
Springer and Vest say:
No matter how destructive OF these
ends your government is, you have no
right to alter il: until ! give yoa per.
mission.
Evidently. Springer and the Dsolara
tion of Independence do not agree.
Men OF Dakota, choose ye this day,
whom We will serve, the Declaration Of
Independence or Bill Springer.
But perhaps the learned SPRINGER will
have better luck with the second Great
Charter. the Ordinance 1887.
Lot ns see what it says.
Sec. 13-And for extending the
fundamental principles OF civil and
religious liberty, which form the basis
swhereon these republics, their laws and
Constitutions, are erected; to fix and
establish those principles as the basIs OF
ELL laws, constitutions, and govern
'ments, which forever hereafter Shall be
formed in said Territory; to provide
also, for the establishment OF Stetes, and
Permanent Government therein, and for
their admission to o share in the Federal
Councils on an equal footing with the
original States, at as early periods as
may be conslatent with the general
interest.
SEQ. II. 1t ,s hereby ordained and
declared by the authority eforesaid, thai
the following articles shall be considered
as articles of compact, between the or,gi-
Gsl States and the People and State s in
the said Territory, and forever remain
analtersble, unless by common consent
to-wit:
"And whenever any OF the said States
shall have sixty thousand free inhabl-
tsnts therein, sold State shall be admit
ted, by it's Delegates, into the Congress
OF the United States; on an eqnal foot
Jog with the original States, in all re-
spects whatever; and shaii b. AT l betty
to form q Permanent OGnstIt-tien aue
State Government: Provided. The
Constitution and Government, SO to be
formed, shall be Republican, aud in
conformity to the principles contained
In these articles, and SO far as it can be
consistent with the general interest OF
the OoEfederscy, such admission shall be
allowed at an earlier period, and when
there may be o less number OF free in
habitants in the State than sixty thous
and"
This ordinance has been extended ~
law, four times over Dakota, and is now
In full force and effect as law over us.
The Ordinance of 1857 says, we shall
be admitted when we have sixty theus-
and free Inhabitants, and if possible and
consistent with the general interest
shall be admitted earlier.
Springer says you may not be admitted
ii l say 80 for an indeinitstlme, or what
is the same thing forever.
Bill is in bad luck. He stubs his toe
against both the Declaration of Inde-
pendencs and the Ordinance of l7S7.
Bullet as take thu third and last Gfeut
Charter.
The Constitution says:
s.New States may be admitted by Con.
gress into his Union"
The Supreme Court of the United
States constituting this provision of the
Constitution; In the question Of theiTer-
ritory of Kansas, in the great case of
bred Scott versus Sanford says:
"There is no power given by the Goa.
stitntion to che Federal Government to
establish and maintain Colonies border
ing on the United States, or at q DIS
lance, to be ruled and governed OF it's
owa pleasure; nor to enlarge it's Terri
torial limits in any way except by the
admission of new States.
"No power is given to acquire o Ter
ritery to be- acquired and held perma-
nently, in that character.
And, indeed, the power exercised by
Congress to acquire Territory, and es.
stablish a government there according
ito Its own unlimited discretion, was
viewed with great jealousy by the Lead
ing stSteamen of the day.
"Ana, in the Federaiist, No. (3S),
written by Mr., Madison, he speaks Of
the acquisition OF the Northwestern Ter
ritory, by the Confederated States, by
the cesslon from Virginia, and tie
an exercise OF power not warranted by
dangerous to the liberties of the people.
Aud he urges the adoption OF the Con-
stitution as o security and safeguard
against snch an exercise OF pOwer.'
sit tho Territory is acquired, to
become a State, and hot to be held as a
Colony, and governed by Congress With
absolute authority. !.
"a power, therefore, in the General
f4apoen ,opt r., nHto;p ond bn11 Coinuipg